A 70 year old British woman has been convicted of honor killing and her son is found guilty of murder, according to Reuters.
Bachan Athwal, upset about her daughter-in-law’s plans to ask for divorce, plotted her murder along with her son, Sukhdave Singh Athwal.
27 year old Surjit Kaur Athwal was reported missing in December […]
US presidential candidate Barack Obama has said he would order military action against al-Qaeda in Pakistan without the consent of Pakistan’s government.
Mr Obama made the comments in a speech outlining his foreign policy positions.
Pakistan’s foreign ministry said any threat to act against al-Qaeda from within its territory should not be used for political point scoring.
Earlier […]
Scientists unveiled a new weapon in the battle against global warming last week: a 16ft torpedo-shaped probe that will swoop over the atmosphere to measure Earth’s gravity with unprecedented accuracy.
The Gravity and Ocean Circulation Explorer, or Goce, has been dubbed the Ferrari of space probes because of its elegant design and will be launched early […]
More than 650 people have been killed during weeks of flash flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rains, Chinese media reports.
The violent summer downpours have affected 119 million people, destroyed 450,000 homes and nearly eight million hectares of crops, Xinhua said.
Seventeen people were killed across four provinces this weekend alone.
The Red Cross has launched a […]
JK Rowling has said she is back at work, just days after her final Harry Potter book was published.
In an interview with the USA Today newspaper, the author said she was sad the Harry Potter series had come to an end, but would not stop writing.
“I’m sort of writing two things at the moment,” she […]
The Malaysian government has warned it could use tough anti-terrorism laws against bloggers who insult Islam or the country’s king.
The move comes as one of Malaysia’s leading online commentators has been questioned by police following a complaint by the main governing party.
The new rules would allow a suspect to be detained indefinitely, without being charged […]
Reuters says that number of Israelis seeking German citizenship is rising.
The report cites Federal Statistics Office data which says that in 2006 4,313 Israelis received German citizenship, a 50% rise compared to 2005.
This shows that the younger generation has different attitude towards Germany and their German heritage than their parents and grand parents who […]
An unfinished skyscraper in the Gulf state of Dubai has become the world’s tallest building, at 141 storeys, its developers say.
Emaar Properties said the 512m (1,680ft) Burj Dubai is now taller than Taiwan’s 508m (1,667ft) Taipei 101.
It is thought Burj Dubai will eventually be 693m (2,275ft) tall.
Height records are contentious, with dispute over what defines […]
Reuters is reporting that 23 Koreans have been kidnapped in Afghanistan.According to a press release by South Korean Foreign Ministry,the kidnapped are Christian volunteers.Local officials have said that Taliban militants are behind this.
Among the 23 seized, there are 18 women and 5 men. They were on their way to Khandahar from Kabul.
Taliban spokesman Said […]
The US publisher of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is taking legal action against two companies for dispatching copies of the book early.
Scholastic sued online retailer DeepDiscount.com for breaking the strict midnight Saturday embargo.
In court papers filed in Illinois, the publisher also named its distributor Levy Entertainment for failing to ensure books were not […]